The recent flooding of Queensland forced the match, originally fixtured for Saturday night, to be moved to this venue which has become a halfway house with Gold Coast allowing plenty of â€˜catch-upâ€™ matches to go ahead at the venue.

On paper, this match looks very uneven with league leaders Roar holding firm favouritism and rightly so as they take on a Fury outfit which has lost its past six outings and eight of its last nine, conceding 25 goals and scoring just three in that time.

At the other end of the scale, the Roar have not lost for 23 matches, winning three of their past five, allowing them to take out the minor Premiership for the 2010/11 season.

With inspirational skipper Matt McKay returning after his impressive performances for Australia at the Asian Cup, things can only get better for Ange Postecoglouâ€™s men who should be far too good and notch up yet another win on their way to the finals.

The Roar are still yet to lose to the Fury in five meetings and I doubt that tonight will be the first time the Townsville club will salute.

Verdict: Roar 3-0

North Queensland Fury vs. Brisbane RoarDate: Tuesday, 8 February 2011Venue: Skilled Park, RobinaLocal kick-off: 7.00pm (8.00pm AEDT)Referee: Jarred GillettHead-to-Head:/b> All matches (played 5): North Queensland Fury wins 0, Brisbane Roar wins 2 (3 draws)Match facts:
- Having not lost any of their previous 23 matches, Brisbane Roar are now aiming for their 24th match undefeated, which would be the longest streak in the top league of any of Australiaâ€™s football codes since 1953, when Geelong AFL (then VFL) club Geelong completed a 26 match undefeated streak.
- Having scored in each of his first three Hyundai A-League matches, James Meyer is aiming to become just the second player in Hyundai A-League history to score at least one goal in each of his first four matches. The only other player to achieve this feat was former Brisbane Roar player Charlie Miller (August - September 2008).
- Brisbane Roar goalkeeper Michael Theoklitos is set to make his 100th Hyundai A-League appearance.North Queensland Fury players David Williams and Chris Grossman are each set to make their 50th Hyundai A-League appearance.